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Up, a review by samuelrichardscott

Up (2009) United Kingdom Blu-ray (rental)

Overview:My Thoughts:
So I finally got around to watching Pixar's Up and have to say that I was absolutely blown away. After viewing the first twenty minutes and the moment that Carl reads the part of Ellie's scrapbook that has photos of the marriage, I can't think of anybody that will say it is impossible for animated features to portray emotion as much as a live action movie. Up was well animated, well paced, well cast and well scripted but unfortunately, there were two things that I wasn't so keen on (but that's not to say I disliked them). First was Dug, a character I felt was slightly misplaced at times and the second were the dogs in airplanes which seemed as though it was an afterthought IMO. Apart from those very minor points though, this makes for excellent viewing. 4.5/5

I also caught the two shorts on the disc:
Partly Cloudy (2009) - 4.5/5
Dug's Special Mission (2009) - 3/5

(From Never Ending Movie Marathon (short reviews) on May 29th, 2010)

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, a review by addicted2dvd

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Adam Sandler and Kevin James star as best friends and fellow firefighters Chuck and Larry, the pride of their Brooklyn fire station. Chuck owes Larry for saving his life. Larry called in the favor big-time by asking Chuck to pose as his "domestic partner" so his kids will get his pension. But when a fact-checking bureaucrat becomes suspicious, the two straight buys are forced to improvise as love-struck newlyweds. Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames and Dan Aykroyd co-star in this hilarious comedy.

My Thoughts:
My sister-in-law loaned this to me after buying it a while back. Told me it was hilarious... that I need to check it out. I am a fan of both Adam Sandler and Kevin James so I couldn't wait to watch it. Only problem... I still can't get her to buy widescreen only... if there is a full screen version... that is what she buys. So that part kind of sucked. But the movie itself... That I enjoyed... was very funny. It is definitely one I need to add to my collection.

(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on May 5th, 2008)

Doctor Who Marathon, a review by Tom

Doctor Who
Series 1.06 Dalek
Writer: Robert Shearman (Writer), Terry Nation (Original Characters By)
Director: Joe Ahearne
Cast: Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who), Billie Piper (Rose Tyler), Steven Beckingham (Polkowski), Corey Johnson (Henry van Statten), Anna-Louise Plowman (Goddard), Bruno Langley (Adam), Nigel Whitmey (Simmons), John Schwab (Bywater), Jana Carpenter (De Maggio), Joe Montana (Commander), Barnaby Edwards (Dalek Operator), Nicholas Briggs (Dalek Voice)

This is the first time that the Daleks appear in the new series. Because I never saw the old series before this, I was always curious how the Daleks can work in a story without them being ridiculous. And I think they did a great job here. I became convinced with this episode, that the Daleks made a good adversary for the doctor. Also Eccleston did a good job showing the hatred the doctor feels for them.




(From Doctor Who Marathon on January 18th, 2014)